Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community

Linux and UNIX Man Pages

Linux & Unix Commands - Search Man Pages

notmuch-search(1) [debian man page]

NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)					      General Commands Manual						 NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)

NAME

       notmuch-search - Search for messages matching the given search terms.

SYNOPSIS

       notmuch search [options...] <search-term>...

DESCRIPTION

       Search for messages matching the given search terms, and display as results the threads containing the matched messages.

       The  output  consists  of one line per thread, giving a thread ID, the date of the newest (or oldest, depending on the sort option) matched
       message in the thread, the number of matched messages and total messages in the thread, the names of all participants in  the  thread,  and
       the subject of the newest (or oldest) message.

       See notmuch-search-terms(7) for details of the supported syntax for <search-terms>.

       Supported options for search include

	   --format=(json|text)

	       Presents the results in either JSON or plain-text (default).

	   --output=(summary|threads|messages|files|tags)

	       summary

		   Output  a summary of each thread with any message matching the search terms. The summary includes the thread ID, date, the num-
		   ber of messages in the thread (both the number matched and the total number), the authors of the thread and the subject.

	       threads

		   Output the thread IDs of all threads with any message matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text)  or  as  a
		   JSON array (--format=json).

	       messages

		   Output  the	message  IDs  of  all  messages  matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array
		   (--format=json).

	       files

		   Output the filenames of all messages matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array  (--for-
		   mat=json).

	       tags

		   Output  all	tags  that appear on any message matching the search terms, either one per line (--format=text) or as a JSON array
		   (--format=json).

	   --sort=(newest-first|oldest-first)

	       This option can be used to present results in either chronological  order  (oldest-first)  or  reverse  chronological  order  (new-
	       est-first).

	       Note:  The thread order will be distinct between these two options (beyond being simply reversed). When sorting by oldest-first the
	       threads will be sorted by the oldest message in each thread, but when sorting by newest-first the threads will  be  sorted  by  the
	       newest message in each thread.

	       By default, results will be displayed in reverse chronological order, (that is, the newest results will be displayed first).

	   --offset=[-]N

	       Skip displaying the first N results. With the leading '-', start at the Nth result from the end.

	   --limit=N

	       Limit the number of displayed results to N.

	   --exclude=(true|false|flag)

	       Specify	whether  to  omit messages matching search.tag_exclude from the search results (the default) or not. The extra option flag
	       only has an effect when --output=summary In this case all matching threads are returned but the "match  count"  is  the	number	of
	       matching non-excluded messages in the thread.

SEE ALSO

       notmuch(1),  notmuch-config(1),	notmuch-count(1), notmuch-dump(1), notmuch-hooks(5), notmuch-new(1), notmuch-reply(1), notmuch-restore(1),
       notmuch-search-terms(7), notmuch-show(1), notmuch-tag(1)

Notmuch 0.13.2							    2012-06-01							 NOTMUCH-SEARCH(1)

Check Out this Related Man Page

AXI-CACHE(1)							   User Commands						      AXI-CACHE(1)

NAME

       axi-cache - query the Apt Xapian Index

SYNOPSIS

       axi-cache [options] command [args]

DESCRIPTION

       Query the Apt Xapian index.

   Commands:
	      search commands:

       axi-cache again [query]
	      repeat the last search, possibly adding query terms

       axi-cache help
	      show a summary of commands

       axi-cache info
	      print information about the apt-xapian-index environment

       axi-cache last [count]
	      show the last results again

       axi-cache more [count]
	      show more terms from the last search

       axi-cache rdetails pkgname[s]
	      show details of reverse relationships for the given packages

       axi-cache search [terms]
	      start a new search

	      apt-cache front-ends:

       axi-cache depends pkgname[s]
	      run apt-cache depends pkgname[s]

       axi-cache madison pkgname[s]
	      run apt-cache madison pkgname[s]

       axi-cache policy pkgname[s]
	      run apt-cache policy pkgname[s]

       axi-cache rdepends pkgname[s]
	      run apt-cache rdepends pkgname[s]

       axi-cache show pkgname[s]
	      run apt-cache show pkgname[s]

       axi-cache showpkg pkgname[s]
	      run apt-cache showpkg pkgname[s]

       axi-cache showsrc pkgname[s]
	      run apt-cache showsrc pkgname[s]

OPTIONS

       --version
	      show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
	      show this help message and exit

       -s SORT, --sort=SORT
	      sort by the given value, as listed in /var/lib/apt-xapian-index/values. Add a '-' to reverse sort order

       --tags show matching tags, rather than packages

       --tabcomplete=TYPE
	      suggest words for tab completion of the current command line (type is 'plain' or 'partial')

       --last use 'show --last' to limit tab completion to only the packages from the last search results

       --all  disable  pagination and always show all results. Note that search results are normally sorted by relevance, so you may find meaning-
	      less results at the end of the output

axi-cache 0.44							  September 2011						      AXI-CACHE(1)
Man Page